William Thornton (academic)
William Thornton (died 1707) was Principal of
Hart Hall, later Hertford College, Oxford
, from 1688 until his death in 1707.
Background
William Thornton was the son of William Thornton of Milborne Port in Somerset. He was educated at Sherborne,[1] and Wadham College, Oxford of which he became a Fellow in 1667 and Sub-Warden in 1676.
References
- ^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 8 February 2019.